Improvement in chandelierl



C. F. JACOBSEN Chandelier.

N0. 91,135. Patented .lune 8, 1869.

V Qlli CHARLES F.IACOBSE N, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent N0. 91,135, datecl J1me S, 1869.

IMPROVEMEIN'I' IN GHANIDELIERE {Ehe Schedule referred todn these Letters Patent a.nd making part o! tha same.

T0 all z'vlwm it mag; conc em:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. JAOOBSEN, of

the oity and county 0f New. York, in the State of New York, have invented a new and improved Chandelier-Refiector; and I d0 hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, a nd exaet deseription thei"eof, whieh will enable other skilled in the arh to make and use the sam'e, referenee being had to the aceompanying drawing's, formin'g partof this speoification, in which Figure 1 is-a detailed vertieal seetion of my improv'ecl apparatus.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section 0f the same, taken through the. line y y, fig. 1.

Figure'3 is a b ottoin view of the burner-rings, the pendants being rexn'oved'.

Figure 4 is a detail crosssection of one of the n'ngs, taken through the line.z z, fig. 3,

Similir.letteraof reference indicate corresponding arts,

My invention has ehurches, 1fl1eacres, parlors, and otl 1er public and private buildings, which shall be so construeted and arranged as to light the ce'ing and Walls, as well as the floor and body of the room, and which shall be so eonstruoted as to softem the light, destroying its glare, and diffusing it agreeably through the room, and ab the same tirne be highly ornamental.

And it consists in the construotzion and combinaoion of various paits of the chandelier, as hereafter'more fully deseribed.

A represents a gas-pipe 01' rod projeeting downward fmm the ceilin g, from which pipe br rod the chandelie1is suspended.

T0 the lower e nd of the pipe or rod. A is attached a cireular 0r' ring-pipe, B, ofsuitable size, to which the bnrners O are attaohed= At a littile distanee above the pipe 0x 1'ing B is placed another ring or circular pipe, B, 130 which also burners 0 are attached. More than two rings B B may be used if desired, placed, the one above the other, a1; s11it-able distanees apart, the upper ring in nach case being made larger than nhe next preceding lower fing, so that the flames, and the u;iward ourrents of air caused by said flames, may not interfere with eachother.

D Eis the outer reflector, which is made in the form of a truncated polygonal pyramid, the' part D of which, tha-t forms be frame 0r foundation of the reflector, is made of sheet-metal, strck up 150 form ribs or beading surrounding sunken or raised parts 01 panels as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

This coristruction strengthens the refiector D, and guards against its getting out; of shape, and thus allowing the glass E 120 drp out, an acnident whioh has.

frequently happened with reflectors construoted in the for its objeot to furnish an in1- proved double-cone re'flecting ohandelier for use in ordinary manner, to the great danger of those in the room.

'Ihis construction at the same time makes the refleotors highly ornamental.

The raised or sunken parts or panels may be made curved or fla, corrugated or plain, as may be desired.

The interior part E is formed 0f glass, coated with nitra-te of silver, in the usual manner. 'Ihis coating is then covered with a. liquid solution of shellac, to protect in from injury from the atmosphere; while a cement, composed of plaster of Paris, oxide of zino, and varnish, in the proportions of one part of eanh of the former ingredients to tWo of t-he latter, is flowed on with a soft brush. When dry, this cement will resist, without perceptible injury to it, a temperature of at least 500 Fahrenheit, and il: is equally well adapted 130 withstand any inj urious effeets from moisture.

'lhe refleotor D E is supported by chens F, the

upper ends of which a1e attached '00 the rod or pipe A, 0r to a eanopy attached to said pipe or rod.

G i's ehe interior reflector, which is made in the form of an inverted polygonal pyramid, through the apex of which the rod ur pipe A panses, and whiehis supported from tl'1e upper edge of the outer reflector D E, by the rods o1 arms H,'the ends of whioh are attaohed t0 tn.e upper edges of the reflectors D, E, and Gr.

The refleotor G is formed by attaching glass plates, silvered, as hereinbefore deseribed, 130 a metallie foundation or fratne.

I is a canopy made somewhat in t-he shape of aflabtened cone, through the apex of whieh the rod or pipe A passes, and whioh rests upon and is supported by a collar, formed upon or attachedto the said pipe or rod A, as shown in fig. l.

Ab a suitable distance above the eanopy I is placed another canopy, J, which is seourely attaehed 110 the pipe 01: rod A, so nhab the reflector may be supported from ifi by means of Ehe ehains F, as shown in fig. l. 'lhe edges of the canopies 1 and J are furnished with raised or struck-up borders K, which' incline downwards, and have holes formed through them 110 reneive the hooks of the glass pendants L.

'lhe canopies I and J, with their raised. bordersand glass pendants, thus become highly ornamental a1:- tachtnents 110 the chandelier.

'lhe lower and upper edges of the outer reflector D E are furnished with upwardly-projecting, raised, 0x struck-up borders M.

Fromthe lower edge cf the outer reflector D E are suspended glass pendants N, whieh I prefer 130 make in the forni of prisms, andwhioh are of such a length as 130 surround the burners 0f the upper ring B.

Upon the lower side of the pipes o1 rings B B are formed, or to them are attached, flanges O, from which are. suspended glass pendants P and Q, tihe penflant.s P being so arranged as to surround the burners of the lower ring.

By this arrangement 0f the pendants the light will be so refracbed, in its passage through sa.id pendants, as to be deprived ot it-s glare and flicker, and be so soflened as m be agreeable t 0 the eye, while aat the Same tiine fully lighting up the walis und ceiling, and, m fct, all parts 0f the wem.

In places not snppliedl with ga.s the rings B B may be made large, and may be suppliisd with kerasene-burners, and with chimneys to adapt the chandelier for burnin kernsene or other illumiuating-oi].

Ha.ving thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire m secure by Lebters Patent, is-

1. The combination of two or more burner-riugs B B, placed, the 0ne above the other, with Ehe pipe ur r0d A and reflector D E G, substsantially as herein shown und described, and for the purpnse sei; fortb.

2. Ihe rings B B, when pruvided with the fl:mges 0 O, to receive and support the g'iass pendants, as herein shown and described for the purpose Set fortsh.

3. Forming mised o1 sunken panvls in tbe foundation, or unter part D, of the reflector D E, substantially as herein shown a.nd deseribed und for the purposes set forizh,

4. Oovering tlxe silver coating of t-he glass E-with a. wat-er am] heat-proof cement, when used in-reflectsors, substanlaialiy as herein shown and deseribed, and for the purpose sei; foflsh.

5. 'lhe ombination of the two canopies I am! J, provided with borders K .and pendants L, witsh tha rod 0r pipe A and double-cone reflector D E G, substantially a7s herein showu aud deseribed, am! for the purpose Set forth.

6. The combination and arrangement of the rod nr pipe A, rings B B' providecl with burners, doublei cone reflector D E G, chains F, cauopies I J, prow i vided with raised borders K and pendants L, and pendants N P Q, with each other, substantialiy in the manner herein shown aud described, anti for the purpose Set fartsh.

OHAS. F. JAOOBSEN. Witnesses:

JAMES T. Gramm, O. L. TOPLIFF. 

